FARRERE, CLAUDE, pen-name of Charles Bargone (1876- ) , French novelist. He was a naval officer; he made his reputation with a series of novels. the scenes of which were laid in the Far East or in Eastern Europe. He drew vivid pictures of men and women of alien civilizations, notably the old Chinaman in La Bataille and the old Turk of L'Homme qui assassina (1907). He then turned, with less artistic success, to the tale of adventure, of which the most famous is Thomas d'Agnelet, gentilhomme de fortune (1913) . His later works include Cent mil lions d'or (1927) ; l'Autre cote (1928) ; la Marche funebre (1929) .